Friend, The shift has begun, Ctd

by Cameron Slater on November 11, 2011 at 6:08pm

Chris Flatt, the Labour party General Secretary, sent out an email proclaiming that “the shift” had begun on the basis of the Herald poll this morning. Despite that all three polls until then, including the Herald poll had shown Labour’s vote declining. Even the Herald’s poll showed that despite a big slump for National, Labour too slumped.

In one respect Chris Flatt was right, “the shift” has begun. The latest Roy Morgan poll, released after Chris Flatt sent his earnest email shows that like all the other polls this week Labour’s vote is shifting…downwards:

The latest New Zealand Roy Morgan Poll shows support for Prime Minister John Key’s National-led Government has fallen to 56% (down 1.5%). Support for Key’s National Party is 53% (down 0.5%), ACT NZ 1% (unchanged), the Maori Party 2% (unchanged), and United Future 0% (down 1%).

As much at home writing editorials as being the subject of them, Cam has won awards, including the Canon Media Award for his work on the Len Brown/Bevan Chuang story. And when he’s not creating the news, he tends to be in it, with protagonists using the courts, media and social media to deliver financial as well as death threats.

They say that news is something that someone, somewhere, wants kept quiet. Cam Slater doesn’t do quiet, and as a result he is a polarising, controversial but highly effective journalist that takes no prisoners.